The market isn’t pricing in true risk of Iranian blunder because it believes Trump is rational
Markets are acting like the Iran crisis will blow over. If Hormuz closes, that fantasy could end in inflation, fuel shortages and recession.

Markets are acting like the Iran crisis will blow over. If Hormuz closes, that fantasy could end in inflation, fuel shortages and recession.

The economy is buckling, social cohesion is fraying, and the fantasy of running New Zealand like a company is collapsing.
Markets are acting like this ends quietly. History — and reality — suggest otherwise.

You can’t “look through” 7.5% inflation. If it lands, something breaks — and it won’t be the theory.

The recession isn’t coming — it’s already here. Trump lit the fuse, but local political choices are making the explosion worse.